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Not All Fairy Tales: Stories of Love, Loss, and Returning to Yourself
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 2 2026
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Love does not always arrive as rescue. Sometimes it is the truth that burns through a lie, the hand held beside a hospital bed, the warm weight of a dog who stays through grief-or the moment a woman finally chooses herself.
In ten intimate short stories and one opening poem, Not All Fairy Tales follows people standing at the edge of lives they can no longer inhabit. A wife finds truth at the stove. A bride receives messages after saying yes. A father confronts the damage done in the name of love. Across betrayal, regret, grief, survival, family pressure, and return, each character must decide what to carry forward and what to leave behind.
Tender, reflective, and quietly defiant, this collection is for readers drawn to emotionally honest literary fiction about imperfect love, complicated families, and the courage to begin again.
Not every ending is a curse. Some are a doorway home.
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